Today my latest book, The Squeezed Middle, is published. It’s about people most organisations rely on but rarely talk about properly: middle managers. They translate strategy into reality. They manage pressure from above & expectations from below. They hold teams together if things get messy. 1/

Pleased to have featured on the latest episode of Learning Now TV, being interviewed by Lisa Minogue-White about the role of middle managers in the modern world of work and how we can develop the right attributes for success. Catch it here: learningnow.tv/watch/progra...

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My LinkedIn account has been hacked. Please disregard anything that comes from it whilst I work to have it restored.

It’s the launch of #AdventBlogs with the theme of “its time to change”. Our first blog comes from @garycookson.bsky.social, who I took over the curation of #AdventBlogs from, so its only right that he gets us started. www.danieltaylordevelopment.com/blog/the-wor...

Please get involved in this wonderful series of #AdventBlogs

Daniel Taylor - Learning and Development@danielt-lnd.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Advent blogs, coming soon! Each year since 2011 the #AdventBlogs series has been something that I look forward to every 1st December. The various posts, from a wide range of contributors, are linked by a common theme.

Here’s a video summary of @garycookson.bsky.social’s awesome session on hybrid work. www.linkedin.com/posts/mgilro... #T5S4 #LT25uk

#hybridwork #futureofwork #leadership #organisationalculture… | Mark Gilroy

🏢 Hybrid working isn’t working—or is it? Gary Cookson shared a LOT of information in this session, including some research from 4 months ago, which demonstrates: it’s not the office that’s the proble...

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Sharing my views on how AI helps organisations to transform their approach to hybrid working and potentially to redesigning the working week. www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1914... With thanks to Eleanor Whitehouse for commissioning me to write this for People Management.

AI holds the key to making hybrid work and improving working patterns

Artificial intelligence could open up better flexibility for more people – if employers decide how they want to use it and define the problem they want it to solve, argues Gary Cookson

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Headed to #LT25uk shortly for a day and a half. Unbelievably it’s my first time attending. Looking forward to catching up with so many people, and speaking on three occasions (twice at the Kogan Page stand, and once in the main conference). Please come and say hello if you see me.

Happy birthday to my beautiful wife Katie xxx

𝗝𝗢𝗜𝗡 𝗨𝗦 𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗘𝗗𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗗𝗔𝗬 Hybrid working isn’t working. Organisations regularly get it wrong, causing frustration and rising tensions in the workplace. In this session Gary Cookson will examine why this is, where hybrid has come from and where it is going www.eventbrite.com/e/hybrid-isn...

Hybrid isn’t working - but we can fix it

Key considerations organisations and their leaders need to make in order to get hybrid working

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Hybrid work isn’t failing—leadership is. In this episode of The State of Work Today podcast, Gary Cookson (@garycookson.bsky.social) explains why the five-day workweek is outdated, how AI can transform HR, and what it takes to lead hybrid teams effectively. 1/2

Making Hybrid Work, Work: The Future of Leadership, Culture, and AI

Summary: Hybrid work isn’t failing—leadership is. In this episode of The State of Work Today podcast, Gary Cookson explains why the five-day workweek is outdated, how AI can transform HR, and what it ...

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If your company is struggling with productivity, culture, or engagement, this episode has the answers. Listen now: pod.fo/e/2bb037 #Leadership #HybridWork #WorkplaceCulture #FutureOfWork #AI 2/2 (end)

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Missed yesterday’s State of Work Today podcast? You need to catch up. Gary Cookson joined me to talk about how companies are failing at hybrid work—and what they need to fix. One of his biggest insights? Hybrid work isn’t the problem—bad leadership is. 1/2

#30 - Making Hybrid Work, Work – with Gary Cookson

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Really enjoyed taking part in this podcast

Tim Glowa@timglowa.bsky.social · 2y ago

Tune in now! New State of Work Today podcast explores how Gary Cookson (@garycookson.bsky.social) helps companies make hybrid work successful. Rethink your five-day workweek and transform workplace culture. Listen on your commute today: pod.fo/e/2bb037 #HR #hybrid #HRcommunity #HRpodcast

Have you read Making Hybrid Working Work? If so, would you please leave me an Amazon review? www.amazon.co.uk/review/creat... Thank you in advance.

People are messing me about with my book research and it’s making me mad. They offer to help and then ghost me or, worse, try to sell me something.

Congratulations to @garycookson.bsky.social for becoming a Gold Standard 4-day week employer!🥳🥳 Epic HR have made it their mission to help businesses adapt, evolve and excel. It’s clear they’ve applied the same goals to their own business by implementing a 4-day week! 🙌

Pleased to have added my thoughts to this piece by Islam Soliman in People Management magazine on data that shows hybrid working and flexibility in general boosts women's (and by extension all working parents) career progression. What are your views? www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1909...

Majority of women say hybrid work boosts their career progression, study shows

Research finds flexible working is nearly twice as valued as parental leave, with most women prioritising it over family-focused policies

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Remembering Pancake Day in 2018 when I travelled 1st class on Virgin Trains and was so disappointed they didn’t serve pancakes that I tweeted them to moan. Several days later a pancake maker arrived by post, courtesy of Virgin Trains.

Really pleased to be invited onto the OrgDev podcast hosted by Dani Bacon & Garin Rouch. It publishes today - find it wherever you get your podcasts, plus YouTube. We had a great time recording this, - I loved sharing my thoughts on how to make hybrid working work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=4F6o...

Hybrid Work Leadership Essentials for Success | Gary Cookson | OrgDev Podcast #59

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Pleased to have added my thoughts to this piece in People Mgt on whether the trend for “micro-retirements” has merit. TL:DR - yes but you need enormous piles of money to do it more than once, or be prepared to work longer. Would you be attracted to it? www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1908...

Micro-retirements: social media fad or the future of work?

As the trend takes off on TikTok, People Management asks if it is here to stay and how employers should respond

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Wondering if replying to a request from People Management for comments on a particular topic is ideally done after three-quarters of a bottle of wine. We'll find out. I will report back tomorrow.

I really hate INSET days

Pleased to announce EPIC is now a Gold Accredited Four-Day Week organisation. We have been four-days for 3 years - it works well. So much has been learnt. I spend part of my time helping organisations to consider what the working week looks like for them. Interested to know more? Message me.

Really pleased to have been a guest on Tim Hughes #TimTalks podcast talking about themes from my book Making Hybrid Working Work. Catch it here: youtu.be/D3CX8lFpd7Q

#TimTalk – Making hybrid working work with Gary Cookson

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Pleased to have added my thoughts to this article by Islam Soliman in People Management magazine on whether younger workers are lazy for not wanting to commute to an office every day. Link in Comments.

It wouldn’t be Valentine’s Day unless Katie had made some kind of threat to my continued existence, and reminded me how lucky I am to have her, and made exciting future plans with me, all in the same sentence. Still, though, I love her. Happy Valentine’s Day to my wife. XXX

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I've been invited via a cold email onto a Women in Leadership course, as the sender feels that it would benefit me on my career journey to being a great female leader. I wonder what would happen if I accepted the invite?

Pleased to have added my thoughts to this article by Islam Soliman in People Management magazine commenting on President Trump’s plans to offer severance packages to US Federal Government employees who don’t work to return to the office. www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1904...

Trump proposes 'deferred resignation' for federal workers who refuse office mandate – what are the key lessons for HR?

As US president offers exit payout for public officials unwilling to return, People Management explores the challenges the move presents

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